Curiosities of Literature, Band 4J. Murray, 1823 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 31
Seite 6
... hand ; and others composed of the barks of trees , which the ancients employed in lieu of paper . On these tablets , or table - books , Mr. Astle ob- serves , that the Greeks and Romans continued the use of waxed table - books long ...
... hand ; and others composed of the barks of trees , which the ancients employed in lieu of paper . On these tablets , or table - books , Mr. Astle ob- serves , that the Greeks and Romans continued the use of waxed table - books long ...
Seite 7
... hand , and is but ill suited to the celerity of the mind . Some of these table- books are conjectured to have been large , and perhaps heavy , for in Plautus , a school - boy is re- presented breaking his master's head with his table ...
... hand , and is but ill suited to the celerity of the mind . Some of these table- books are conjectured to have been large , and perhaps heavy , for in Plautus , a school - boy is re- presented breaking his master's head with his table ...
Seite 19
... hand . You know , my brethren , ( said he ) that I am ordered to proclaim an ex- communication against Frederick . I am ignorant of the motive . All that I know is , that there exists between this Prince and the Roman Pon- tiff great ...
... hand . You know , my brethren , ( said he ) that I am ordered to proclaim an ex- communication against Frederick . I am ignorant of the motive . All that I know is , that there exists between this Prince and the Roman Pon- tiff great ...
Seite 47
... hand ir : this anomalous drama , and in spite of its extravagance it was favourably received by the public , who cer- tainly had never seen any thing like it . Every character in this piece acts under some hallucination of the mind , or ...
... hand ir : this anomalous drama , and in spite of its extravagance it was favourably received by the public , who cer- tainly had never seen any thing like it . Every character in this piece acts under some hallucination of the mind , or ...
Seite 52
... hand . It is certain that the most eloquent writers in favour of solitude have left behind them too many memorials of their unhappy feelings , when they indulged this passion to ex- céss ; and some ancient has justly said , that none ...
... hand . It is certain that the most eloquent writers in favour of solitude have left behind them too many memorials of their unhappy feelings , when they indulged this passion to ex- céss ; and some ancient has justly said , that none ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
actors admirable Æneid afterwards ambassador amuse ancient anecdote appears AUDLEY Bard bassador beautiful called character Cicero composed court critical curious custom delight discovered Dryden Elizabeth Elkanah Settle emperor English expression Extempore Comedies eyes Faery Queen father feelings fond fortune France French genius give Gray Greek hand Harlequin Henry honour Hudibras humour imitation invented Italian Italian theatre Italy Jews king kissing kissing hands labour Lazzi learned letters literary live Livy lord lord chamberlain majesty manner Metastasio Milton mind modern never noticed observed occasion original painted Pantomime passage passion persons pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope preserved prince queen Rabbin reign ridiculous Roman satires says Scaramouch scene Sir John solitude songs Spanish sublime Swallow Song Tacitus taste Theatre Italien thing thou thought tion Usury Venetian verse Voltaire volume writer written young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 144 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Seite 160 - Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood : To the which place a poor ^sequester'd stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt...
Seite 137 - The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind...
Seite 135 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep.
Seite 283 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares; And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun; And now I live, and now my life is done.
Seite 154 - ... human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior...
Seite 218 - I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Seite 146 - Comedy will (I think) by nobody be blamed, and much less of the high and excellent Tragedy, that openeth the greatest wounds, and showeth forth the ulcers that are covered with tissue...
Seite 149 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Seite 153 - Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind, Like yon neglected shrub at random cast, That shades the steep, and sighs at every blast.